Calderon was either taking notes Friday night at the Pistons game, or finishing up his work visa paperwork

FINAL SCORE

Pistons 117, Cavaliers 99

With Jose Calderon looking on behind the bench, the Pistons guards put on a show, dominating the Cavaliers 117-99. Knight had 20 points and 10 assists and Stuckey had 14. Four other Pistons scored in double figures (Monroe had 18 and 16, Singler had a career high 20 points, Villanueva had 10 and Will Bynum chipped in 11).

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FOURTH QUARTER

9:47 p.m. -- With an alley-oop jam fed by Knight (his eighth assist), Singler has a career high 18 points.

9:44 p.m. -- Just when you thought it was safe, the Cavaliers get it to within 9 after turning things around in the fourth and outscoring Detroit 22-14. It's 99-90 with 4:30 to play.

9:39 p.m. -- The Pistons lead by 17 with five to play in the game. Detroit has dominated from the start, shooting the lights out (except from the free throw line, where they're 17-29).

9:29 p.m. -- The Cavaliers open up the fourth with an 8-2 run and Frank calls a timeout before the double digit lead has a chance to evaporate.

THIRD QUARTER

Pistons 85, Cavaliers 68

The Pistons simply dominated the third quarter and are shooting 51.6 percent tonight from the floor. Four guys are in double figures (Monroe has 13 and 13, Stuckey has 14, Singler has 11 and 7 and Knight leads all scorers with 20 points to go with 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

9:13 p.m. -- The Pistons have their biggest lead (13) with three to play in the third. Stuckey has absolutely exploded in the third quarter with 10 points (14 overall), having his way with a frustrated Dion Waiters.

9:05 p.m. -- The Bucket Man has 11 and 7.

9:00 p.m. -- With a behind-the-back pass, Knight makes it official: He's not the only second-year player on the court who can take a game over. With Kyrie Irving on the floor, Knight has something to prove. Pistons lead by 7.

SECOND QUARTER

Pistons 54, Cleveland 47

Cavalier Marreese Speights makes a 25-foot three point jumper at the buzzer to cut the Pistons lead to 7 at the half. Knight leads the Pistons in scoring and assists with 11 and 5. Monroe leads with 9 rebounds. Charlie V had 7 off the bench in the second quarter on 3/5 shooting. Irving leads Cleveland with 13 points on 4/9 shooting. Thompson has 12 and 7 and Livingston has 8 off the bench.

8:36 p.m. -- Thompson and Irving are both in double digits for the Cavaliers. Monroe has 9 and 9 and the Pistons lead by 10 late in the first half.

8:25 p.m. -- Charlie V with 7 points off the bench in the second quarter. Pistons lead by 5 with 5 to play in the half.

8:17 p.m. -- Pistons now shooting 50 percent with 9 assisted buckets and lead by four. Irving leads Cleveland with 11 but is catching a breath on the bench.

FIRST QUARTER

Pistons 24, Cleveland 16

The Pistons got off to a strong start offensively (shooting 45.5 percent in the first quarter), but it was defense that set the tone. Detroit held the Cavaliers to just 21.7 percent shooting, 20 percent from three.

7:58 p.m. -- Irving, who averages 47 percent from the field this season, has made just one of his first five field goal attempts. On top of the hot start for Knight, Greg Monroe is off to a solid start of his own. He's got 6 points, 5 rebounds and a block. Pistons 22 - Cavaliers 11.

7:51 p.m. -- The good news is that Knight started the evening 3/3 for six points, a block and three assists. The bad news is that he's already picked up two fouls. Pistons lead 14-11 midway through the first

7:40 p.m. -- Pistons win the tip and Greg Monroe gets a quick bucket. Detroit out to an early 6-0 lead.

In the meantime, they'll have to use every active player they do have to cool down one the league's hottest point guards, Cleveland's Kyrie Irving. Irving is averaging just over 26 points per game over his last 10 starts, including a ridiculous 40 point performance in the Cavaliers' win over Boston this past Tuesday.

Yes, Detroit (17-29) has won their last four in the series, but three of them were against an Irving-less Cleveland squad. A healthy Irving has put up 47 points in two games against the Pistons. Also playing well for Cleveland is Tristan Thompson, who has averaged 17.0 points and 10.6 rebounds in the last seven games.

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